Looking through the magnifying glass: A duoethnographic approach to understanding the value and process of participatory action research with LGBTQ youth

2016 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 78-95 ◽  
Author(s):  
M Alex Wagaman ◽  
Ira Sanchez
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Action Research ◽  
Participatory Action Research ◽  
Knowledge Production ◽  
Qualitative Method ◽  
Research Team ◽  
Research Process ◽  
Self Awareness ◽  
Participatory Action ◽  
Shared Experience

Participatory action research is a method intended to shift the power of the “researcher” and “researched.” This paper presents the results of a duoethnographic exploration and analysis of experiences working on a participatory action research team. The authors participated in a research team, made up primarily of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer -identified young adults, which studied intra-community bigotry. Duoethnography is a qualitative method that reflects on a shared experience or cultural event from two different viewpoints in order to juxtapose perspectives without attempting to resolve differences or converge into conclusions. Through duoethnography, the authors identified three praxes that offer guidance for qualitative social work researchers. The praxes include negotiating power, engaging in iterative learning and knowledge production, and sharing the burden of vulnerability. These praxes create an opportunity for qualitative researchers to consider the value of participatory action research as a reflective research process that aligns with social work principles of self-awareness and social justice, and to identify participatory and reflexive strategies that can be incorporated into a variety of qualitative methods.

scholarly journals Art as a transformative practice: A participatory action research project with trans* youth

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (5-6) ◽  
pp. 1061-1077
Author(s):  
Kenta Asakura ◽  
Jess Lundy ◽  
Dillon Black ◽  
Cara Tierney
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Action Research ◽  
Participatory Action Research ◽  
Lived Experience ◽  
Research Process ◽  
Research Literature ◽  
Participatory Action ◽  
Action Research Project ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Trans Youth

Given that promoting social justice is one of the central organizing principles of social work, it comes as no surprise that participatory action research has gained much attention among social work researchers. While much has been written about promising practices of participatory action research with various marginalized communities, there remains a dearth of participatory action research literature that focuses on trans* people, a population often under attack in current socio-political climates. In this paper, we report on a participatory action research project, in which a trans* artist worked closely with trans* youth participants (n = 5) to assist them through a creative project. Using a queer theoretical lens and drawing from the concept of “queer world-making,” the participants recast cultural representations about what it means to be trans* in their chosen artistic medium. This paper suggests that art can serve as a transformative research practice with trans* youth. Our findings suggest that the rhetorical binary of trans* vulnerability and resilience does not adequately represent lived experience. We make this argument by demonstrating the following processes through which youths engaged art in this participatory action research project: (1) countering normative discourses of what it means to be trans*, (2) promoting self- reflection and expression, and (3) facilitating “queer counterpublics.” In so doing, we make an argument for art as a qualitative research process that holds much promise in uncovering and challenging the normative discourse and developing a much more complex and nuanced understanding of what it means to be trans* youth.

Exploring the roots of participatory action research: An interview with Dr Marja-Liisa Swantz

2017 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 319-338 ◽  
Author(s):  
Florence Nyemba ◽  
Minna Mayer
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Production Process ◽  
Participatory Action Research ◽  
Women's Studies ◽  
Knowledge Production ◽  
Development Studies ◽  
Participatory Action ◽  
Women’S Studies ◽  
Significant Research ◽  
Insight Into

This article is based on a dialog with Professor Marja-Liisa Swantz, a distinguished participatory action research expert whose work has contributed immensely in the fields of development studies, women's studies, health, and technology internationally. Drawing from her experiences, the conversation provides an insight into how one can grow from a novice researcher to a very distinguished intellectual by staying focused and with a clear grasp of one's aspirations. We also learn from this dialog how participatory action research emerged as the most significant research style that argues in favor of involving participants as research partners in the knowledge production process.

Critical Participatory Action Research in a Rural Community Committed to Peacebuilding in Times of Crisis

2021 ◽  
pp. 199-218
Author(s):  
Lina Trigos-Carrillo ◽  
Laura Fonseca
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Participatory Action Research ◽  
Rural Community ◽  
Communicative Action ◽  
Research Process ◽  
Community Research ◽  
Process Time ◽  
Participatory Action ◽  
Academic Communities ◽  
Critical Participatory Action Research

Conducting critical community research during the COVID-19 pandemic has brought unexpected challenges to academic communities. In this chapter, the authors analyze the obstacles faced in a Critical Participatory Action Research (CPAR) education project with a rural community of former guerrilla members in the Amazon piedmont in Colombia. After this analysis, the authors present four CPAR principles to support critical community work during difficult times. The authors argue that communicative action, horizontal community participation in all the stages of the research process, time commitment, and the leverage of other competing needs should be guaranteed and maintained during times of crisis. CPAR offers opportunities to advocate better conditions for the most affected communities in moments of increasing inequality.

scholarly journals Reflections From Co-Researchers With Intellectual Disability: Benefits to Inclusion in a Research Study Team

2018 ◽  
Vol 56 (4) ◽  
pp. 251-262 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brittany St. John ◽  
Iulia Mihaila ◽  
Katelyn Dorrance ◽  
Leann Smith DaWalt ◽  
Karla K. Ausderau
Keyword(s):  
Intellectual Disability ◽  
Action Research ◽  
Participatory Action Research ◽  
Research Participation ◽  
Research Process ◽  
Participatory Action ◽  
Research Staff ◽  
Study Team ◽  
Academic Faculty ◽  
The Impact

Abstract Participatory action research methodologies may empower and protect marginalized individuals; however, they remain underutilized. Limited studies have investigated the impact of participatory action research, specifically on individuals with intellectual disability (ID). This study examines (1) the perspectives of co-researchers with ID on their involvement in the research process and (2) the feasibility of their inclusion based on perspectives of research staff (academic faculty and graduate students without ID). Three co-researchers with ID were interviewed regarding their research participation. Thematic analysis of interviews identified four themes: (1) Shared Experience of Disability, (2) Teaching and Guidance, (3) Acquisition of Skills and Knowledge, and (4) Value of Participation. Research staff reviewed field notes and identified benefits and challenges to feasibility of including co-researchers with ID. Inclusion of co-researchers with ID was found to be both meaningful and feasible.

A participatory action research process with a rural Indigenous men's group: monitoring and reinforcing change

2004 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 130 ◽  
Author(s):  
Komla Tsey ◽  
Mark Wenitong ◽  
Janya McCalman ◽  
Mary Whiteside ◽  
Leslie Baird ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Participatory Action Research ◽  
Personal Development ◽  
Research Process ◽  
Community Action ◽  
Participatory Action ◽  
Group Leaders ◽  
Family Responsibilities ◽  
Medical Practitioners ◽  
Health Group

Since 2001 a team of academic researchers and medical practitioners have been collaborating with Yarrabah Men?s Health Group leaders to implement a participatory action research (PAR) process designed to support the men to (in their own words) ?take their rightful place? in contemporary Australian society. The formative stages of the PAR process and progress over the first 12 months have been documented in previous papers in order to provide much needed direction for others interested in undertaking similar community action-oriented research (Tsey, Patterson, Whiteside, Baird, & Baird, 2002; Tsey et al., 2004). The present paper addresses the need for innovative evaluation methodologies to enable participants in the PAR process to monitor and reinforce the small improvement they are making towards achieving their goals, and to maintain their vision for the future. Participation in men?s group activities resulted in modest but significant change in the men?s personal development and growth and in their response to family responsibilities. Men had the opportunity to dialogue and reflect on their gender responsibilities such as housework, which constitutes a major source of conflict in the family. Several men also gained the confidence and motivation to stand for local government. The study highlights the value of demystifying and making research more relevant to people?s day-to-day living experiences.

Art-based methods for Participatory Action Research (PAR)

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 87-96
Author(s):  
Zeynep Kunt
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Participatory Action Research ◽  
Knowledge Production ◽  
Communication Studies ◽  
Multiple Perspectives ◽  
Participatory Action ◽  
Art Forms ◽  
Research Praxis ◽  
Forms Of Knowledge

By reflecting on alternative forms of knowledge co-production through art-based methods, the article discusses the potential of Participatory Action Research (PAR) as a responsive research praxis. Art-based methods have widely been used in research engaging communities through giving access to the worlds of participants. At the intersections of disciplines, benefiting from a range of art forms from photography to theatre, this approach provides the space and tools for the exploration of multiple perspectives about shared problems or questions. In this respect, PAR is a significant methodology for communication studies with its alternative ways of knowledge production by positioning ‘dialogue’ and ‘participation’ at the centre.

scholarly journals A Modified Participatory Action Research Process To Enhance Utilization Of a Co-located Exercise Oncology Clinic

2019 ◽  
Vol 51 (Supplement) ◽  
pp. 240
Author(s):  
Mary A. Kennedy ◽  
Robert U. Newton ◽  
Sara Bayes ◽  
Dennis R. Taaffe ◽  
Nigel Spry ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Participatory Action Research ◽  
Research Process ◽  
Participatory Action ◽  
Exercise Oncology
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